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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 16, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 20.

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The Two Minds

By W. A. S.

DANIEL tells us that just before Nebuchadnezzar was stricken and humbled, the proud king walked upon the terrace of his palace, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?”
He had already engraved similar sentiments upon the public records. One of his inscriptions on the royal tablets dug up in modern times at Babylon reads: “For the astonishment of men I built this house; awe of the power of my majesty encompasses its walls. . . . In Babylon alone I raised the seat of my dominion.”
Contrast with this vanity—the frailty of human minds—the spirit manifested by Christ as he came into this world. He had built the worlds. All power was his, and all things were the work of his hands; yet he said, “I can of mine own self do nothing.” “I came . . . not to do mine own will.” “I have glorified Thee on the earth.”
Nebuchadnezzar glorified himself as the builder of a great city now buried in the sands. Jesus, in whom all things consist, glorified God. “Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who . . . emptied himself.” Phil. 2: 5-7. R. V. W. A. S.